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NEW YORK — The Dow crossed the 12,000 mark for the first time since June 2008 as U.S. stocks nudged higher Wednesday. Investors were parsing through the latest corporate results and awaiting the Federal Reserve’s latest pronouncement on the nation’s economy. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) rose 37 points, or 0.3%, hitting its highest […]
Michelle Bachman was quite tame in her Tea Party rebuttal, still it was an insult to the 6 people who died in Tuscon and the Congresswoman who was shot in the face to have her speak. Two years ago Bachman called for Americans to be “armed and dangerous” on the issue of energy tax. She […]
Below is the speech President Obama will give tonight Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And as we mark this occasion, we are also mindful of the empty chair in this Chamber, and pray for the health of […]
State of the Union speeches tend to be forgotten almost as soon as they are delivered. The addresses tend to be a litany of (endless) policy proposals that never reach see the light of day and create a rhetorical formula that keeps presidents from reaching the heights of other speeches they give during their time […]
Arizona — Taco Bell’s meat has come under fire, but if only 36 percent of the “beef” is actually beef by volume, what’s the rest made of? Ranging from cocoa power to terms as generic as “spices,” the other 64 percent is made up of a wide range of fillers, extenders and preservatives. Can this […]
Chicago, Illinois– Jon Burge, the former Chicago cop convicted of lying about his role in overseeing a ring of cops that tortured 100 black men, was sentenced to four and a half years in federal prison.
North Carolina — A 53-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina woman is fighting federal charges of enslaving a 17-year-old undocumented immigrant. According to the federal indictment, Lucinda Lyons Shackleford agreed to provide care for the teenage boy – including accommodations, food, and clothing. Instead of providing care, though, the US Justice Department alleges that Shackleford forced the […]
New York — Former GOP Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a pro-life champion, locked horns with civil rights leader Al Sharpton over the issue of abortion in a heated debate Monday night. The primary matter at hand was a racially-charged volley lobbed by Santorum at Obama over the president’s belief that women should be given a […]
South Carolina — A South Carolina woman is claiming an act of canine cruelty was simply an act of divine intervention. Miriam Fowler Smith, 65, told cops on Monday that she hung and burned her nephew’s pit bull after the animal took a bite out of her bible. She claimed God urged her to kill […]
Washington – Lawyers for Rahm Emanuel filed papers Tuesday with the Illinois Supreme Court seeking an appeal from a lower court ruling that held the former White House chief of staff is ineligible to appear on Chicago’s mayoral ballot because of residency requirements. In the 24-page brief, Emanuel’s lawyers argue “the decision below squarely conflicts […]
California — Gun rights supporters won a major legal victory last week when a California judge struck down as unconstitutional a law that they say would have effectively banned online sales of handgun ammunition just days before it was to have taken effect. Given the sheer size of the California market, the law would have […]
Florida — Freshman Tea Party-backed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) recently got personal in an attack on one of the House’s two Muslim representatives, declaring that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) represents “the antithesis of the principles upon which this country was established.” During an interview with “The Shalom Show,” West also said that he plans to […]